“What? I…sing a song? On stage?”


    “Yes, I mean it.”


    “No way. Uncle Adalson, I don’t have any singing prowess, discovered or otherwise. They know I’m


    your niece and I’ll disgrace you. Please don’t!” ir refused, trying to sound nice but ended up being


    blunt instead.


    Adalson waved his hand, motioning for her to calm down.


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    “Oh please! I remember you sing quite well. Just do your best. Go and prepare yourself now.”


    “I sing quite well?’ ir waspletely bbergasted.


    “Uncle, I’m kind of tone-deaf. Please, I don’t want to sing on the stage and embarrass myself,” she


    pleaded, but to no avail. ‘With so many eyes on me, there’s no way I can sing! They will onlyugh at


    me, ‘ she thought to herself.


    Adalson tried to persuade her patiently, “Just Listen to me. The guy’s wooden-headed. You need to do


    something to stimte him. You know, fall harder for you, or he wouldn’t know how good you are.”


    With that topic brought up, ir sighed, “Actually, there’s no need to do that, Uncle. He doesn’t love


    me. I don’t want to force him to love me back anymore. What’s more, I like the state we are in right


    now.


    We’re getting along peacefully, at the very least.” She didn’t lie about anything. They were Living


    together in harmony for the moment; she could see him from time to time; and he treated her well and


    took her out for fun once in a while. She was content with all this. It didn’t matter to her anymore


    whether she could be his girlfriend or not. She wanted some peace and quiet in her Life and she


    had it.


    However, showing no signs of giving in, Adalson ignored her disagreement and dialed a number.


    Before the line was connected, he asked her, “What song are you going to sing? How about the song


    you sang with Joslyn Last time. You did quite well on that. What was its name again?”


    ir didn’t tell him the name.


    “Uncle…I don’t want to sing a song.


    Please.. she drawled, helpless.


    She got what the man was trying to do and his intentions weren’t that bad. But she didn’t think it would


    work. She had had a fiance in the past, but Wesley wasn’t affected or stimted by this. How could


    she hope to make any influence on him just by singing a song? She shook her head resignedly; she


    was sure it wasn’t going to work


    As soon as the call got through, Adalson skipped all niceties and instructed the person on the other


    end, “Add one more program at the end of the show. The performer is ir Johnson…”


    “Uncle Adalson!” ir pulled a crying face, trying hard to convince him to cancel. She hadn’t expected


    her uncle would be so bossy this time.


    After ending the call, heforted the girl, “You fool. I know how well you sing, which means either you


    lack confidence or are being overly modest. You really sing well. It’s decided already. Okay, you can go


    out now.”


    ir had no choice but to nod, sighing in defeat.


    She continued to think about which song to sing continuously after she left Adalson’s office. Even after


    she had entered the venue with Wesley and sat down, her mind wasn’t made up. This was getting too


    late


    So she had to ask for her best friend’s opinion.


    “Joslyn, help! You’ve heard me sing so many times. Which song do you think I can sing?


    Something easy you know, something I don’t suck at?”


    As usual, Joslyn replied to her message in a heartbeat.


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    “Something you don’t suck at? Bless, you sing every song really well. But I Like to hear you sing ‘The


    Fish.’ You’re great at it!”